Ever since they learned how to say "Choo choo," Josiah, Micah and Noah love trains. They have been crazy about trains for two years now. They like Thomas and friends (an English television program about trains with faces), they like books about trains, and they love train sets. When we go to our local shopping village, the boys always want to go to Books-A-Million to play with the Thomas the Tank Engine set, which appears to be close to a complete set on a lovely train table.
A week ago, Steve had a job in Fort Meade, and while I came to visit him, we went to lunch and crossed a railroad track. There, by the crossing was a historic train that was donated to the historic society. It was an old diesel engine with a sleeper car, a dining car and a caboose. What a thrill for the boys! As soon as we said, "Let's go see the trains," they were off. It made a big enough impact that a little over a week later, when we told them this morning that we would go see the trains, they could hardly wait to get dressed. When we turned down the street where the train would soon appear, they started saying, "Choo choo! Choo choo!" before we could even see the trains. They knew where they were.
They climbed aboard the train and walked where they could. They walked along the tracks and used the loose railroad spikes to hammer loudly. They saw a local tabby cat and pet him. All in all, they had themselves a good time. We took plenty of pictures of the boys enjoying themselves, and here they are. (Well, some of them.)
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